Resources for Health Sciences Educators
Quick Links
- AAMC Annotated Bibliography of Journals for Educational Scholarship (pdf)
- BU Faculty Resources
- BUMC Faculty Resources
- BUMC Library Blackboard and Reserves Page
- BUMC Library Tutorials
- BU Medical Group
- Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Syllabi Citation Guidelines
- John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day
- Krasker Film/Video
- Make a purchase request for a book or journal
- MedEd Portal
- MyMedia
Ejournals
- Academic Medicine (1989-Present)
- Advances in Health Sciences Education (1997-Present)
- Advances in Medical Education and Practice (2010-Present)
- Advances in Physiology Education (1989-Present)
- BMC Medical Education (2001-Present)
- Clinical Teacher (2004-Present)
- Journal of Cancer Education
Accessible via ProQuest (2001-Present) Note: Most recent 1 year not available
Accessible via Springer Link (2007-Present) - Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions (1996-Present)
- Journal of Surgical Education (2007-Present)
- Medical Education (1966-Present)
- Medical Education Online (1996-Present)
- Medical Science Educator (2011-Present)
- Medical Teacher
Accessible via Ebsco (1990-Present) Note: Most recent 18 months not available.
Accessible via Informaworld (1997-Present) - Teaching and Learning in Medicine (1989-Present)
Medical Education Blogs
Note: While these blogs have been carefully selected for both their content and their authorship, please be aware when using blogs that they are usually not a peer-reviewed resource. Each blog post is the opinion of the person or organization who wrote it. Additionally, blogs vary in how often they are updated and sometimes the owner stops writing them altogether.
- AM Rounds
- Dependable Reviews of Medical Education Research Literature (DR MERL)
- Harvard Macy Community Blog
- International Clinical Educators (ICE) Blog
- Osmosis Blog
- Scope: Medical Education
- Technology in (Medical) Education
Related Subject Guides and Portals
Teaching Support: Library Services
Classroom Support
Librarians are available to provide a number of services to support course instructors, including:
- Assignment assistance: Librarians can arrange computer labs for drop-in course-integrated student training.
- Information liaison services: A Librarian can be assigned to your class to act as a point of contact for students as they navigate Library resources.
- Curriculum-integrated training: Librarians can visit your class or provide hands-on information literacy sessions in the Library computing labs.
- Faculty training: Librarians can provide training for faculty on Library resources.
- Reference services: Librarians are available M-F, 9:00-5:00, at the reference desk.
If you have questions or would like to arrange for the above services, contact David Flynn, Assistant Director of Library & Information Management Education, at (617) 358-4939 or dflynn@bu.edu.
Online Support
The Library provides a number of online services supporting course instructors, including:
- Subject Guides: Librarians can create subject guides to provide easy access to information resources
- Web support: Librarians can design and maintain web portals to highlight information relevant to your course and students.
- Tutorials: Librarians can design online tutorials guiding students through the search process.
- Medical Image Resources: A selection of websites featuring medical images is available from the Library’s homepage. Please be aware of copyright when using these sites.
Blackboard Management
- BUMC Library Blackboard and Reserves Page
- BUMC Library Tutorial: How to add links to Blackboard [Video]
- Using the Library Catalog to find books
- Evaluating information on the Internet
- More BUMC Library Tutorials
Library Contact
